|
Cricket: Boxing Day Test even after Ponting ton |
|
|
|
Friday, 26 December 2008 |
|

Captain Ricky Ponting scored 101 to guide Australia to 6/280 on day one of the Boxing Day test against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
|
| Hayden, ML | c: Duminy b: Ntini | 8 | 17 | 47.06 | 1 | 0 | 1-21 | | Katich, SM | b: Steyn | 54 | 109 | 49.54 | 6 | 0 | 2-128 | | Ponting, RT | c: Amla b: Harris | 101 | 126 | 80.16 | 11 | 1 | 4-184 | | Hussey, MEK | c: Boucher b: Steyn | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3-143 | | Clarke, MJ | not out | 36 | 157 | 22.93 | 1 | 0 | | | Symonds, A | c: Kallis b: Morkel | 27 | 55 | 49.09 | 5 | 0 | 5-223 | | Haddin, BJ | c: Smith b: Ntini | 40 | 71 | 56.34 | 5 | 0 | 6-277 | | Lee, B | not out | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | | | Johnson, MG | | | | | | | | | Hauritz, NM | | | | | | | | | Siddle, PM | | | | | | | | | Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 0, nb 7) | 14 | | | Total | (6 wickets; 90.0 overs) | 280 | |
|
| Steyn, DW | 21.0 | 5 | 61 | 2.90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Ntini, M | 21.0 | 7 | 71 | 3.38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | Kallis, JH | 15.0 | 4 | 41 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Morkel, M | 17.0 | 3 | 67 | 3.94 | 1 | 0 | 6 | | Harris, PL | 16.0 | 3 | 33 | 2.06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |